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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Visram, Nadia <<a href="mailto:n.visram@commonwealth.int" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">n.visram@commonwealth.int</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 18, 2019 3:34 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Emily Moli <<a href="mailto:emily.moli@undp.org" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">emily.moli@undp.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2020</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I am writing to you from
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Commonwealth Foundation</a>. We run a writing competition called ‘The Commonwealth Short Story Prize’, which is now open for entries.
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The competition is open to all citizens of Commonwealth countries, free to enter, and there is a cash prize for the 5 regional winners.
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The judging panel for the prize are from each of the five Commonwealth regions – Africa, Asia, Canada and Europe, the Caribbean and the Pacific. This year’s judge representing the Pacific is Nic
Low, a writer and artist of Ngāi Tahu Maori and European descent.</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The prize accepts stories in 11 languages: Bengali, Chinese, English, French, Greek, Kiswahili, Malay, Portuguese, Samoan, Tamil, and Turkish. Stories that have been translated into English from
any language are also accepted. </span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Entries must be unpublished, can be on any theme, and the competition is open until 1 November 2019 (11.59pm in any time zone).
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; background:yellow">We are trying to spread the word about the prize further, particularly in the Pacific Islands where we struggle to get the word out. If you are able to help us share the details
of the prize through your networks, social media platforms and anywhere else you think might be appropriate, we would very much appreciate it.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">If you would like any more information about us or the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, or if you require any further images for use at all, please just let me know.
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">There is also more information about this year’s prize here:
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